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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1118 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY BEACH
FLORIDA SW TO 25N96W WILL SLOWLY MOVE E THROUGH FRI AND
DISSIPATE...WHILE A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST INLAND THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST BEGINS TO MOVE S AS A WEAK COLD FRONT
THROUGH WED NIGHT BEFORE IT BECOMES STATIONARY AGAIN. THIS FRONT
WILL THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE N CENTRAL WATERS THU AND FRI.
NEARLY STATIONARY WEAK LOW PRES OF 1010 MB ALONG THE NE MEXICAN
COAST AT 24N97W IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TO TRACK WESTWARD THIS
AFTERNOON...AND MOVE INLAND THE NE MEXICAN COAST EARLY ON WED.
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SW
GULF WED THROUGH THU. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE  NEAR 15.1N 52.8W 1008 MB
AT 11 AM EDT IS MOVING W AT 17 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT
GUSTS 40 KT. TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN
TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TO NEAR 15.2N 55.3W EARLY
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT REACHES NEAR 15.5N
58.4W WED MORNING...NEAR 15.9N 61.5W EARLY WED EVENING...AND
STRENGTHEN TO A MINIMAL HURRICANE IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA
NEAR 16.2N 64.6W BY THU MORNING. OTHERWISE...A SERIES OF WEAK
TROUGHS WILL MOVE EASTWARD N OF 28N THROUGH TONIGHT. A RIDGE OF
HIGH PRES ALONG 27N WILL SLOWLY LIFT N THROUGH SAT AS HURRICANE
NINE APPROACHES FROM THE SE.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO
SW 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
N OF 26N.
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 26N.
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.